Windows 10, drivers, etc.

Seems that the biggest problem is the drivers for Audio interfaces, there is no legacy firewire support for 10 at this moment much as with 8.x, though they did relent in the end for 8.x.
 
Other than that annoying feature I have no complaints.

Rwork arounds for those Roland/Edirol units (that i have) that were not updated, no problem with Focusrite (yes Doc, we know, if you have a TI Firewire) .......

There were and are other freds about this subject and i fully expect this one to join them !

I was and am good to go with W10.

Cheers,
Jerry

I've upgraded 3 systems (2 laptops, one DAW desktop) and had almost* no errors at all. These upgrades were all from Windows 8.1, which also ran fine. For the first time ever, I didn't even have to reinstall any my software!
 
It has been stable, super fast, no OS crashes. Nothing to speak of.
 
 
*Slight usb port issue with Maschine

Treefight
So what's the verdict?  Between SPLAT, audio and other drivers, and other potential compatibility issues, is it still too early to comfortably go to Windows 10, i.e., are most of you that have upgraded finding that most drivers still work and that most other hardware/third-party software has caught up?  Or is too much of a hassle at this time and probably wise to wait some more?
 
Thanks.

You will need to research for yourself and find out if your drivers are compatible. I won't be upgrading till new year first six months can occasionally get rough in the waters for any new OS upgrade.

Cheers

Not sure if others are having this minor issue, but I've noticed that with Win 10 Pro my internet connection has been intermittent.
I'm using a Broadcom ethernet driver (which Win 10 automatically installed and states it's the best available driver), but it keeps kicking me out every 20 minutes or so, and then in a minute or two I'm automatically connected again. It's very annoying as I also game online and do get kicked out in the middle of gaming.
 
Microsoft is aware of this problem and suggest to use the Win 8/8.1 drivers in compatibility mode (until a better driver is available): [link=http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_web/windows-10-intermittently-drops-ethernet-andor/ea96e7bf-e1cb-4ed9-8782-f20dceab3e2d]http://answers.microsoft....4ed9-8782-f20dceab3e2d[/link]. With everyone being 'online' all the time, I'm surprised Microsoft hasn't already issued fix for this. 
 
However, at Broadcom there's a newer driver available, but it's only slightly better (dropping out after <= 35 min):
https://www.broadcom.com/support/?gid=9
 
I'll test out the Win 8.1 drivers and see if it's more stable.......other than this issue, I've found Win 10 has been really good in all other applications. Certainly not a deal breaker here, but annoying nonetheless.

I haven't had any issues in Windows 10. But I checked out driver support before upgrading.

BTW, I had 2 different 8.1 pcs exhibit intermittent drops from the network recently. Ended up being caused by avast antivirus. Replacing avast with webroot "cured" the problem.

Doktor Avalanche

einstein36
Hi there,
I don't know where no legacy firewire support came from, but in windows 10,  it's there. I have a TI Firewire card in my system for my Focusrite Pro 40 audio interface and it's working great.....
Other than that, the only thing I can suggest to people who do want to upgrade to windows 10 is do download all of the latest drivers for your hardware and put them safe on another hard drive and when a windows 10 driver doesn't work right, you have the latest and correct driver for your hardware..

Fyi if you are running mix control 3.X (latest is 3.6) Focusrite recommends that you do not use legacy drivers.

Ta..

 
Ahh...thank you for clarifying that up...you are quite correct in that don't use legacy driver mode...just use the regular firewire driver and everything will be great..:)
 

My Roland Juno Gi midi does not work on Windows 10. (USB driver)

einstein36

Wookiee
Seems that the biggest problem is the drivers for Audio interfaces, there is no legacy firewire support for 10 at this moment much as with 8.x, though they did relent in the end for 8.x.
 
Other than that annoying feature I have no complaints.

Hi there,
I don't know where no legacy firewire support came from, but in windows 10,  it's there. I have a TI Firewire card in my system for my Focusrite Pro 40 audio interface and it's working great.....
Other than that, the only thing I can suggest to people who do want to upgrade to windows 10 is do download all of the latest drivers for your hardware and put them safe on another hard drive and when a windows 10 driver doesn't work right, you have the latest and correct driver for your hardware..
 

Just go to your device manager and try it the option is not available even after installing the 8.1 windoze legacy driver.

I have upgraded to windows 10 only to find that some of my hardware does not work. There are no problems when it comes to software and windows 10. Sonar Platinum works well with it. I even have older software that would not work in windows 7 but it loads and works fine in windows 10.
 
My PCR-800 does not work in windows 10 and there are no driver updates for it. I really don't know if Roland will come out with a newer version of this driver as this midi controller has been discontinued for some time. So I reinstalled windows 7 on the computer that i use for recording.
 
I upgraded 3 other computers using windows 10 and all is fine. Just make sure your hardware works before you update. I am not sure what to do about my midi controller. I really don't want to replace it.

Thanks Paul I will give this a try when I get home later

John
Try the Vista drivers for your PCR-800. 

Also to piggy back off of John
 
Try  the Windows 7 drivers too, they may surprise you. 
 
 
 

dan le
Hi all:
It is really good that you got it to work well after the updates.
For me, I did 2 updates and the computers work ok. Except that it is slow, boot up is slower than on Win 7, and network copying is very slow.
For the non DAW computer, I did a clean reinstall from scratch, meaning erasing the whole hard drive and start new.
For the DAW computer where it has my Sonar, I reverted back to Win 7.
Had to say that after the clean reinstall, the non DAW computer works really fast, and everything is flawless.
Btw, the clean reinstall does not require the Win 10 key code at all.
Haven't got time to do a clean reinstall for the DAW computer yet.
 
A lot of people complained about this on the internet and they are right.  I am surprised that you got it to work really fast after the straight update.
 
dan

 
You can do a clean install if you have enough room on Win10 for a dual boot, then you can keep your old OS. Install Win7 on the new partition first, upgrade to Win 10 (make sure you run the upgrade from Win7). Then wipe and install Win10 again. That way you can do it slowly slowly when you have the time.
Clean install is generally a pretty good idea.
BTW you don't ever need a key code, it's all in the cloud.
 

dan le
If anybody here has any idea on how to do it, meaning update from Win 7 to Win 10, and not having to do a clean reinstall, then please let me know.

 
If you upgrade to Win10 via your old Win7 configuration, you then will need to spend some time troubleshooting your specific issues. So either way it takes time, there is no magic solution sorry. You are better off just biting the bullet IMHO.

NP.
To add if you dual boot, if it ends up being a dead end you still can carry on with Win7. Win10 ended up being a dead end for me because my audio interface drivers are not ready (Focusrite working on it).
Always recommend backing up to something like Acronis and an external hard drive first in case something goes tits up.
 
Cheers...

Enjoy Music making Stay with 7 and your stay In heaven.
 
Win 7 is supported until 2020 stick with It if It ain't broke
By then get a Quantum Super computer with and Argon Accumulator  and  Photon Lazered Ram  (PLR).